Scholarly Practices in the Age of Online Social Media

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anatoliy Gruzd ◽  
Amanda Wilk ◽  
Kathleen Staves ◽  
Philip Mai
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Ongoing Study ◽  
Hard Data ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Médias Sociaux ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Medias Sociaux

Online social media tools are becoming further integrated into the lives of academics. However, there is very little hard data on why and how scholars are using them. The paper presents the results of our ongoing study on how academics are adopting these new tools for communication and information dissemination.Les outils de médias sociaux en ligne s’intègrent de plus en plus dans la vie des professeurs-chercheurs. Cependant, il existe peu de données sur les raisons et les façons pour lesquelles on les utilise. Cette communication présente les résultats d’une analyse en cours sur les modes d’adoption, par les professeurs-chercheurs, de ces nouveaux outils de communication et de diffusion de l’information. 

The Social Media Presence of Non-profit Organizations

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon Lucky ◽  
Dinesh Rathi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Media Technologies ◽  
Médias Sociaux ◽  
The Social ◽  
Powerful Knowledge ◽  
Social Media Presence ◽  
Non Profit Organizations ◽  
Medias Sociaux

Social media technologies have the potential to be powerful knowledge sharing and community building tools for both corporate and non-profit interests. This pilot study explores the social media presence of a group of forty-six Alberta-based non-profit organizations (NPOs) in this information rich space. In this paper we look at the pattern of presence of NPOs using social media and relationships with staffing structures.Les médias sociaux ont la capacité d’être de puissants outils de partage de la connaissance et de rassemblement communautaire pour les organisations à but lucratif et sans but lucratif. Cette étude pilote explore la présence dans les médias sociaux d’un groupe de quarante-six organisations sans but lucratif (OSBL) albertaines dans cet environnement riche en information. La communication portera sur les modèles de présence des OSBL dans les médias sociaux et les liens avec les structures organisationnelles.

Social media responsiveness in the public sector: A study of social media adoption in three functional areas of local government

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Seigler
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Organizational Influences ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Similar Path ◽  
Functional Areas

Based on the importance of citizen participation and the collaborative potential of online social media tools, this study tests four proposed influences on administrators who are deciding whether or not to adopt these tools to engage citizens. A survey of 157 department managers from large U.S. cities shows that 82% report using some form of social media to engage citizens and that perceived organizational influences and administrator preconceptions have the strongest impact on the respondentsʼ decision to adopt social media. Possible explanations for the results are that the use of online social media in the public sector may be following a similar path of adoption as earlier forms of e-government or managers may be operating in a rational environment when deciding whether or not to adopt online social media tools.

Awareness and Use of Social Media

2015 ◽  
pp. 263-278
Author(s):  
S. Thanuskodi ◽  
A. Alagu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Media Networks ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Online Tools ◽  
Level Of Use ◽  
Social Media Tools ◽  
Use Of Social Media

ABSTRACT In this chapter, Social Media Networks (SMNs), a subset of ICTs, are defined as online tools and utilities that allow communication of information online and participation and collaboration. Additionally, social media tools are websites that interact with the users, while giving them information. It is this two-way nature of SMNs that is central to this argument, and the role they played in the Egyptian uprisings. This chapter further defines the four most widely and effectively used SMNs: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and blogging. It is observed that only 81.75% of the respondents have their own blog, 73.64% of the respondents read blogs, while 74.32% of respondents add posts to blogs. The study shows the respondents' extent of level of use of specific online social media by gender.

Creative Collaboration and Online Social Media

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophy Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Creative Collaboration ◽  
Online Social Media ◽  
Artistic Collaboration ◽  
The People ◽  
Practical Research ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
Social Media Tools

Web 2.0 online social media tools have made it increasingly easy to communicate, cooperate, and collaborate with others online, and as such offer new frameworks for making creative work. Facebook claims that it helps members connect and share, but what if the people you want to connect and share with are your artistic collaborators? Can Facebook be used creatively, as a collaborative artistic environment? This article draws on a practical research project ‘Feedback’, carried out by the author in early 2010, exploring new methodologies for collaborative creation supported by online social media. The project focused on the creative use of Facebook as a tool for creative collaboration, establishing a possible working model of artistic collaboration using Facebook.

scholarly journals Public’s Perception of Political Parties during the 2014 Quebec Election on Twitter

2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
William Sanger ◽  
Thierry Warin
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Nous Avons ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Logistic Models ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
Médias Sociaux ◽  
Practical Standpoint ◽  
Incumbent Party ◽  
Medias Sociaux

Background This article investigates how to extract signals from social media (Twitter) concerning political parties during an election.Analysis  670,000 messages were collected during the 2014 Québec election regarding each political party using a framing strategy. After associating each message to one of the four main topics of the campaign, two logistic models were developed to describe the election. While having been set by the incumbent party, the topic of “Independence” was not the most important topic of the campaign (“Economy” and “Society” were). When dominating in terms of mentions, each party was associated to a topic, and such association changed during the campaign.Conclusion and implications  From a practical standpoint, the findings of this article could be used to implement a framework to understand political campaigns dynamics through social media.RÉSUMÉContexte  Cette recherche est axée sur la manière de structurer les signaux issus des médias sociaux (Twitter) en contexte politique. Analyse  Nous avons collecté 670 000 messages concernant l’élection québécoise de 2014 en utilisant une stratégie de cadrage. Chaque message fut associé à une thématique de campagne, puis deux modèles logistiques furent utilisés pour décrire les élections. Ainsi, alors que le thème de l’indépendance fut mis à l’avant par le parti sortant, ce sont les messages reliés à l’économie et à la société qui furent les plus importants. Chaque parti fut associé préférentiellement à une thématique lorsqu’il domina en termes de mentions, et nous observons une évolution de cette association au cours de la campagne électorale. Conclusions et implications  Les résultats de cette recherche peuvent servir de cadre analytique pour structurer l’utilisation de données massives en contexte électoral.

scholarly journals Quasi-Gatekeeping and Quasi-Gatewatching: The Dual Role of Public Relations Practitioners in the Social Media Domain

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Princewell Nwanganga Achor ◽  
Justie O. Nnabuko
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Public Relations Practitioners ◽  
Médias Sociaux ◽  
The Social ◽  
Il Y A ◽  
Medias Sociaux

Background  Existing literature depicts public relations practitioners as gatekeepers. Despite this, limited research exists on how much of a gatekeeping role public relations practitioners play in their organizations’ communication with the publics in the social media domain. Analysis  This article bridges the research gap by examining the dual role of quasi-gatekeeping and quasi-gatewatching performed by public relations practitioners in their attempt to communicate, regulate, and manage information in the social media domain and market-space media environment. Conclusion and implications  Discussion of these two distinct roles expands the frontiers of gatekeeping studies in public relations practice and communication studies, through the introduction of a new mixed-flow model of the gatekeeping function of public relations practitioners in the digital media landscape.RÉSUMÉContexte  En dépit de la littérature existante montre que les spécialistes des relations publiques en tant que gardiens, cependant, il y a peu de recherches sur la quantité de rôle de surveillance les spécialistes en relations publiques jouent dans leurs organisations la communication avec le public dans le domaine des médias sociaux. Analyse  Par conséquent, cet article se ferme cette lacune en examinant le rôle de la dualité de pouvoirs quasi-control et quasi-gatewatching effectuée par le spécialistes des relations publiques dans leur tentative de communiquer, réglementer et gérer l’information dans le domaine des médias sociaux. Conclusion et implications  La discussion sur ces deux rôles distincts a enrichi la compréhension et les frontières d’un contrôle dans la pratique des relations publiques par l’introduction d’un nouveau modèle de flux mixtes de contrôle dans le paysage médiatique numérique.

scholarly journals Towards a Cybervictimology: Cyberbullying, Routine Activities Theory, and the Anti-Sociality of Social Media

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Arntfield
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Behaviour ◽  
Routine Activities ◽  
Routine Activities Theory ◽  
Médias Sociaux ◽  
Theory Of Crime ◽  
Media Environments ◽  
Medias Sociaux ◽  
New Framework

Existing research on cyberbullying has consistently overlooked the role of victims in online offending, as well as victim behaviour as both a facilitator and predictor of digital predation. This article offers an interdisciplinary critique of existing research and proposes a new framework of cybervictimology—traditional victimology in the context of cyberactivities. The framework points to cyberbullying as being best explained by Cohen and Felson’s (1979) routine activities theory of crime. Because one of the main criteria of “traditional” corporeal bullying is repetition, the routine activities of victims in social media environments are key facilitators in the bullying process; they serve as advanced indicators of victimization in a space where anti-social behaviour is comparatively tolerated—and even celebrated—in the absence of suitable guardianship. La récherche actuelle sur cyberintimidation a souvent négligé le role des victimes en cas de les crimes engagé en linge, et aussi les compartements de victimes comme faciliateurs et prédicteurs de predation numérique. Cet essai offre une critique interdisciplinaires de la récherche et propose un noveau cadre de cybervictimologie—le victimologie tradionnel en cas de les activités en ligne. Le cadre proposé indique que cyberintimidation est mieux expliqué par le ‘routine activities theory’ proposé par Cohen et Felson (1979). Parce que l’un des principaux critères de cyberintimidation traditionnel est repetition, les activities discret des victimes dans les environments des médias sociaux sont les principaux facilitateurs de cyberintimidation dans les environments en ligne où le compartement déviant est souvent toléré et encore célèbre en l’absence de la tutelle apprpriée.

From #tahrir to #occupywallstreet: How Can Information Science Make Sense of Social Media and Protests?

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasser Saleh ◽  
Nouf Khashman ◽  
Ahmad Kamal
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Médias Sociaux ◽  
Revolutionary Movements ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Medias Sociaux

Panel: There has been a great attention towards the use of social media in/and revolutionary movements (more recently in the Arab world). This panel introduces some different frameworks that can be used in information science to study these phenomena along with a discussion with CAIS/ACSI members about possible research areas.Panel: Une grande attention a été portée à l’utilisation des médias sociaux dans/et les mouvements révolutionnaires (plus récemment dans le monde arabe). Ce panel introduit quelques différences dans les cadres pouvant être utilisés en sciences de l’information science pour étudier ces phénomènes. Suivra une discussion avec les membres de CAIS/ACSI des possibilités de recherches sur le sujet.

Information Diffusion on Social Media: Why People Share and ‘Re-share’ Online

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lola (Lorraine) YC Wong
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Diffusion ◽  
Médias Sociaux ◽  
Medias Sociaux

What prompts an individual to forward a link via email, retweet it on Twitter, or share it on Facebook?  This research investigates why news and information are propagated through social media, examining the characteristics of information that determine whether and with whom it is shared.Qu’est-ce qui pousse un individu à réexpédier un lien par courriel, ou par twitter, ou à le partager sur Facebook ? Cette recherche examine pourquoi les nouvelles et les informations sont propagées à travers les médias sociaux, en étudiant les caractéristiques de l'information qui déterminent si et avec qui elle est partagée. 

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